Defending champion John Dunne of Donore was the winner of the men’s race at the Dublin Masters’ Cross-Country Championships held in blustery St Anne’s Park. Dunne held back in the early stages letting Mick Traynor and Brian Leahy of host club Raheny Shamrock and DSD’s Peter Matthews force the pace. He pulled away on the […]
Fionnuala Britton finished second at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country with her time of 21 mins 33 secs putting her just six seconds behind 20-year-old Briton Emilia Gorecka. Spain’s Trihas Gebre was third in 21:50 with recently crowned European cross-country champion, Gemma Steele of Great Britain, eleventh. Britton had pushed the pace from the start […]
Thomas Frazer of St Malachy’s AC set a new Irish record on his way to victory in the Pistol Alcoa 50km in Alcoa Tennessee, a two-day festival of ultra running. His chip time of 2 hrs 58 mins 00.2 secs knocked 22 seconds off Galwayman Mick Molloy’s long-standing 50km track record of 2:58.22 set in […]
John Travers of Donore and UCD’s Ciara Mageean were the winners of the New Year’s Day Tom Brennan Memorial 5km, held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Despite the squally conditions, Travers finished in a respectable time of 14 mins 43 secs, with previous winner John Coghlan of MSB also breaking 15 minutes. In third place was […]
Biggest race of the holiday period (so far) was the Streets of Athenry 10km on December 26, won by Raheny raider Mick Clohisey. His time of 30 mins 18 secs gave him a comfortable victory over Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir. First woman was Ballina’s Norah Newcombe. At the Greencastle 5-Mile in Co Tyrne, reigning national intercounty […]
Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir won the Aware 10k in Dublin Dublin’s Phoenix Park in some style this morning. Hehir’s time of 31 mins 4 secs saw him coming home 1 min 43 secs ahead of the chasers. Saturday December 13 Aware 10km/5km, Phoenix Park, Dublin www.rpcisiontiming.net 10km (1,150 finishers) – Men: 1 Sean Hehir (Rath WSAF) […]
Armagh’s Danielle Fegan and Ben Thistlewood of Leevale won a well attended Glo Health National Novice Cross-Country Championships in Santry. Fegan was part of a group of five that broke away on the second lap of the women’s race. She made her push on the last lap, with Mary-Anne O’Sullivan of Tinryland finishing a fighting […]
Some very interesting running on the roads today: at the Jingle Bells 5km, there was a home victory for Donore’s John Travers in 14 mins 6 secs, while Mary Cullen of North Sligo made her long-awaited return when she won the women’s race. Her time of 15 mins 38 secs put her 14th overall and […]
A good day’s running in Dunboyne where the entire six-race programme – miraculously – took only an hour to complete. Good news on a day that though fine, was very chilly indeed. Biggest race of the day saw Pearse Christie of St Colmcille’s in Knocklyon leading home an entry of 120 boys in the minor […]
Fionnuala Britton finished fifth at the Cross d l’Acier, held in Dunkerque, France today with her time of 24 mins 4 sec for the 6.65km course putting her 31 seconds behind the winner Senebere Teferi of Ethiopia. Current European cross-country champion Sophie Duarte of France was first European in 24.01, just making it home ahead […]
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